Derek Winnert

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Green Grass of Wyoming *** (1948, Peggy Cummins, Charles Coburn, Robert Arthur, Lloyd Nolan, Burl Ives) – Classic Movie Review 3462

Based on the novel by Mary O’Hara, director Louis King’s colourful 1948 slice of Americana about two families who are rivals in trotting horse racing is cute and charming. The big white stallion Thunderhead causes problems for the […]

Mar, 10

The Big Country **** (1958, Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford) – Classic Movie Review 2574

Producer-director William Wyler’s big 1958 epic Western stars Gregory Peck as wealthy retired New England sea captain James McKay, who arrives in the Old West on the range to marry his spoiled fiancée Patricia Terrill […]

Jun, 09

Our Man in Havana **** (1959, Alec Guinness, Noël Coward, Maureen O’Hara, Burl Ives) – Classic Movie Review 1808

Director Carol Reed’s 1959 thriller finds the ideal fit in Alec Guinness, who is perfectly cast as Jim Wormold, the meek vacuum cleaner salesman in Havana, in this delightful film of one of Graham Greene’s […]

Nov, 05

East of Eden ***** (1955, James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey, Richard Davalos, Jo Van Fleet, Burl Ives, Lois Smith) – Classic Movie Review 1079

James Dean became an overnight movie icon as the embodiment of the mid-50s rebellious American teenager in just three films made in a little over a year before his death in a car crash in […]

Apr, 12

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ***** (1958, Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Burl Ives, Judith Anderson) – Classic Movie Review 174

Elizabeth Taylor stars as the sexy, taunting hussy Maggie the Cat, plotting to re-arouse the limp sexual interest of her sulky, alcoholic, gay husband, Brick Pollitt (Paul Newman). Brick is reunited with his father Big […]

Aug, 19

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